Principal Adult Psychotherapist
Location: Cassel Hospital, Richmond, TW10 7JF
Start date: October 29, 2024
Deadline for applications: November 12, 2024
Salary: £67,950 to £78,028 a year per annum pro rata inclusive of 15% HCAS
The Cassel is a long established, national specialist Tier 4 service comprising an Inpatient Service and a comprehensive Outreach Programme for adults diagnosed with personality disorders. It is recognised as a centre of excellence for the treatment of personality disorders and is unique in offering a highly specialised combination of formal psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychosocial nursing in a therapeutic community setting, complemented by a full programme of community activities.
This is an exciting and rare opportunity for an experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapist to join the multidisciplinary team of our Inpatient Service.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will carry out assessments, provide twice-weekly individual psychotherapy to a caseload of patients, teach and supervise colleagues and trainees, and contribute significantly to the containment of the therapeutic community as a whole via a firm commitment to the Cassel's culture of enquiry. Supervision will be provided as part of the post.
Contact email: beate.schumacher@westlondon.nhs.uk